AN inquiry will be held into the murders of three young Aboriginal people who disappeared from northern NSW more than 20 years ago.
The NSW upper house voted unanimously on Tuesday to hold the inquiry into the deaths of Colleen Walker, 16, Clinton Speedy, 16, and Evelyn Greenup, 4.
The trio disappeared from the Bowraville community over several months from 1990 to 1991.
In 1991, local man Jay Hart was charged with the murder of Clinton and Evelyn, but was acquitted of murdering Clinton in 1994.
Shortly afterwards prosecutors also dropped the charges relating to Evelyn.
After an inquest into her death in 2004, Mr Hart was once more charged with Evelyn's murder and then acquitted.
NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge, who put forward the motion calling for the inquiry, said it should go some way to acknowledging the pain and trauma the community of Bowraville and the families of the three young people have endured for the past 23 years.
"No inquiry and no court can bring these children back or end the hurt, but I do hope that this inquiry can show respect, and will listen to the families and make recommendations to help the community deal with their longstanding pain," he said on Tuesday.
The parliamentary standing committee on law and justice inquiry, expected to be held next year, will hear from the families of the three children and investigate the impact of the deaths on the community.
The committee would call for public submissions soon, Mr Shoebridge said.
It comes after members of the children's families rallied outside parliament last week calling on Attorney-General Greg Smith to reopen the cases and for a judicial inquiry.
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